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29.06.09 Eight new CRCs in Energy in Norway
The objective of the scheme for Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) is to establish time-limited research centres which conduct concentrated, focused and long-term research of high international calibre in...
[more]23.06.09 Commission tables Baltic region blueprint
Anticipating the beginning of the Swedish EU Presidency, the European Commission yesterday (10 June) tabled a wide-ranging strategy for the Baltic region, focusing on an environmental clean-up of the sea and energy...
[more]23.06.09 Next Commission president 'must champion innovation'
The EU executive should charge its next president with developing a harmonised innovation policy in order to fix Europe's fragmented innovation infrastructure and benefit from investment in research, according to a leading figure...
[more]23.06.09 EU ministers adopt legal framework for European research infrastructures
European research ministers have agreed on a legal framework for the establishment of European research infrastructures. The decision paves the way for the creation of world class infrastructures that should help Europe to take...
[more]15.06.09 Reaching across borders
"New programmes being pioneered by the Centre for Cross Border Studies are paving the way for the development of a new business identity for the cross-border region. After years of arguable neglect, the cross-border region...
[more]08.06.09 Estonian government supports Competence Centres with approximately billion kroons
On 3rd of June 2009 President Toomas Hendrik Ilves conferred the investment decisions of Enterprise Estonia to eight Competence Centres, which is the biggest support of the Estonian history for the research and development...
[more]19.05.09 Ireland – a land of innovation, research and culture
A showcase of Ireland’s research activity took place at the "Research Connection 2009" conference in Prague on 7 and 8 May 2009.
[more]19.05.09 EU project picks up the patent processing pace
EU Member States are promoting the creation of an EU-wide patenting system called 'Community Patent' that would allow individuals and enterprises to obtain a unitary patent common to all. Experts say patents fuel innovation and...
[more]19.05.09 Want to increase the quality of your Science & Technology public support actions for SMEs?
Want to increase the number of research contracts between regional labs and regional SMEs? Want to have more of your regional SMEs to get national and/or European funding?
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